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Calla lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica · Family: Araceae

Garden plantBulb

Light
partial shade
Watering
high
Hardy to
-5 °C
Soil
moist

Where it grows on Tenerife

Grows in: North, 300–1000 m

With watering: North coast

Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.

Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Photo: PENFOLD, Jane Wallas (fl. 1820-1850, artist) and William Lewes Pugh GARNONS (1791-1863), Public domain

Photos

Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5
Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0
Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Photo: Дӯстмурод Саид, CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and history

Native to South Africa. In damp places in the north of the island it naturalises and grows along ditches.

Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.

From Wikipedia

Zantedeschia aethiopica, commonly known as calla lily, arum lily, and death lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini.

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